Stocks in Hong Kong are moving differently, with Chinese brokerage firms generally opening higher. CITIC Securities plans to acquire and merge two brokerage firms, which is expected to accelerate the restructuring of the industry landscape.

Cnstock app learned that Chinese securities firms stocks generally opened higher. As of the time of writing, China Galaxy (06881.HK) rose by 4.62% to 11.09 Hong Kong dollars; Orient Securities (03958.HK) rose by 4.46% to 7.5 Hong Kong dollars; Everbright Securities (06178.HK) rose by 4.41% to 9.71 Hong Kong dollars; and Shenwan Hongyuan (06806) rose by 4.08% to 3.32 Hong Kong dollars.